Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Smyrna and Vicinity

A GOOD MANY acres of corn in low
lands have been submerged by water.
NEW WHEAT touched the lowest
point in 26@ years on Saturday in
Chicago.
The summer of 1887 will be remem-
6ered both for its high temperature and
heavy rains.
THERE is a great deal of wheat vet
in the fields and nearly the whole of
the Oat crop.
SEE new advertisements of Confer
ence Academy, J. V. Smith, Mrs. VIM.
Wood and Eugene Crow.
NEXT thing somebody will want to
audit and publish the contributions to
the lemonade and ice cream fund of a
social picnic.
THAT desirable edible tomatoes
which appeared in market last week
OF home growth, is now coming freely
and of fine quality.
SEVERAL camping parties are ON the
tapls among the young meu-One at
Rochester, one at StOkesbury's shantv
and still another near Woodland Beach.
ENOUGH water has fallen during the
past week to grow and mature a corn
crop, if properly distributed in smaller
showers. The excellent crop of '79
was made with less rain.
" JEFFERsONIAN SIMPLICITY Is a
phrase that is often heard. The sim
pllelty of Thomas Jefferson in his nat.
ural habits of life are fully set forth in
a communication on our first page.
THE lamplighter went back - on
the people again Sunday night, because
there was speck, a mere suggestion
OF moon, way down near the Western
horizon.
WM. I. JOHNSON left to-day for Mil
ford to superintend the erection of an
electric plant at that place. The Edi-
son Company expect TO have it COM
Pleted by from the 1st to the 18th of
September. "
4Hk excursion season passes. If Won
haven't taken your wife and children.
or your best girl, or somebody. on at
least days outing, you've lost oppor-
tunltles that must be made up soon or
be indefinitely postponed.
A. L. HUDSON found on Monday
morning some two feet of water in his
new cellar, not yet bricked. which had
run in from the rains of the several
proceeding days, which was bailed ont
so as not to delay the work too long.
THE list of tenters for the Camden
camp which commenced yesterday does
not contain the name of anyone from
this town. Several of our people will
go TO stay part or all the time and a
number for a day, but they go free
WE are indebted to Mex. DowDbam
OF the SUSSEX Journal, for a copy of the
proceedings of the National Editorial
Association which met at Cincinnatti
last year and of which he was a mem
Der. 1t is a closely printed pamphlet
of so pages and contains much of infor-
nation to the craft.
IT is very little use giving advice to
young people, but their own judgement
ought to admOnish them that stayino
III the water three and four hours,
as IS sometimes the case at the
Beach, was entirely wrong. ifthev have
any regard for their health. Pbvsi-
clans would hardly advise over a quar-
ter of this time.
The stack yard of James K. OrreU
on the farm Of J. B. FAIRIES. near Bren.
ford, was burned from some unknown
cause on Monday afternoon. There
was nothing but straw, the wheat bav.
ing been threshed out two weeks aoo
1t could be accounted for ONLY on the
suPpositiOn of being the playful work
OF his six-year-Old little son.
The committee in charge of the cell
e6ration of the Fourth of July in Phil
adelphia have closed up their business
with small surplus. which sum is to
be deposited with which to begin oper.
ations for the coming Fourth. Here is
a suggestion to Smyrna. The two
places, taking sizes into account. ran
along well together: let them hold
together for the coming year.
The Steamer Tygert will run as fol-
n